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Here is some stuff you can try on that 12 string thingie you got!

The guy is playing a six string though, eh?

So? More's the challenge.

Sounds like some of the stuff I've been singing and writing for the last 30 odd years or so. Except I think this guy's better than me.

But yeah, I'm pretty familiar with that style of guitar playing, all right. Ya got me pegged pretty good, there.

Swap that thumb pick out for a flat pick, switch the finger pick from the index to the ring fingers, and bingo! Rockabilly/folk-rock/chicken-pickin' whatever you want to call it.

Thanks for posting that. Wonder who he is?

JimK

I'll find out as he is a friend of a childhood friend of mine who is the rhythm guitarist/vocalist in The Karma Kings, my reinvented cover band.

jimk wrote: Swap that thumb pick out for a flat pick, switch the finger pick from the index to the ring fingers, and bingo! Rockabilly/folk-rock/chicken-pickin' whatever you want to call it.

+1! He is good, though!

Great picker! The clip from Random Acts of Music sounds similar to John Hurt's "Spikedriver Blues" in the intro (the music starts @ 1:55) -

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That was fantastic Mike,

Here's a bit of info that I found on the net about about "Mississippi” John Hurt. He was Born July 3, 1893, Teoc (Carroll County) MS and died November 2, 1966, Grenada, MS.

John’s father was Isom Hurt and his mother was Mary Jan McCain. John was one of 3 children. He and his wife, Jessie, had 14 children.
Mississippi John Hurt’s quiet dignity, humor, superb guitar style, and his tender and expressive voice made him the most popular artist of traditional country blues re-discovered by the public in the sixties.

John arranged classic American folk and blues songs to entertain his neighbors on Saturday evenings.

Mississippi John never pursued success. In 1928, a mobile unit of the Vocalion company came to Avalon, Mississippi to look for new talents. An audition in Avalon resulted in John being called several months later to go to New York for a recording session under the direction of Lonnie Johnson. The depression led to the reduction in pressing of records and John stayed in Avalon and lived quietly on his farm with his 14 children.

Guided by the words of one of the titles recorded in 1928 by Hurt, “Avalon My Home Town”, the folklorist Tom Hoskins decided in 1963 to go to Avalon. He met Hurt, who was shocked to see that someone remembered his 1928 recordings that had brought him only twenty dollars a song.

John Hurt’s new career lasted only three years, but at Newport Festival, on college campuses, and in the folk clubs of Washington D.C., he displayed his talents as storyteller, entertainer, and singer. He overwhelmed the public with his outstanding mastery of the guitar.

jimk wrote:Wonder who he is?

JimK

John Mosey lives in Peninsula, Ohio and teaches guitar at Woodsy's Music in Kent, Ohio.

Brian, if you can get hold of it, I highly recommend the Avalon sessions. They were re-issued a couple of years ago and Hurt's playing was really something to listen to in '28!

Heck, since we're on a fingerpicking tangent here, we have to include Doc. This is an awesome clip from the early '60s and his turnaround @ the 54 second mark is a killer!
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Lovin' this thread, guys! Here's my offering from a favorite modern master:

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Would anyone object if I move this thread into the Groove Yard? It's starting to discuss many of the genres that are covered there.

No objections here.

FEEL FREE!

Good idea.
JimK